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Health, hygiene and biosecurity: tribal knowledge claims in the UK poultry industry (2009)
Journal Article
Nerlich, B., Brown, B., & Crawford, P. (2009). Health, hygiene and biosecurity: tribal knowledge claims in the UK poultry industry. Health, Risk and Society, 11(6), https://doi.org/10.1080/13698570903329441

Since 1997 the world has been facing the threat of a human influenza pandemic that may be caused by an avian virus and the poultry industry around the globe has been grappling with the highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza H5N1, or in more info... Read More about Health, hygiene and biosecurity: tribal knowledge claims in the UK poultry industry.

Hygiene and biosecurity: the language and politics of risk in an era of emerging infectious diseases (2009)
Journal Article
Brown, B., Nerlich, B., Crawford, P., Koteyko, N., & Carter, R. (2009). Hygiene and biosecurity: the language and politics of risk in an era of emerging infectious diseases. Sociology Compass, 3(5), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-9020.2009.00230.x

Infectious diseases, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and avian influenza, have recently been high on the agenda of policy makers and the public. Although hygiene and biosecurity are preferred options for disease management, policy... Read More about Hygiene and biosecurity: the language and politics of risk in an era of emerging infectious diseases.